Farmhouse - style that takes you back to Provence

We all want to furnish our home as closely as possible to our desires, needs and dreams. If a few decades ago the lack of information made us limit ourselves only to necessities - bed, table and chairs, wardrobe - which we embellished with some tradition or old inherited elegance, today's explosion of information makes us adopt styles that have not characterized us, but that we have always dreamed of. Such is the case with the farmhouse, a delicate retro style that takes you back to Provence with its decorations.

Farmhouse is a modern approach to the interior decoration of cottages and country houses. The emphasis is on traditional, nature-inspired elements and colors. Bouquets of lavender or other flowers, green or dried, placed in atypical vases or recycled pots are a must and add style to the home.

Furniture specific to the style is wood or wood combined with wrought iron. Unique, handcrafted, refurbished or artificially distressed pieces, such as distress. The tables are large, rustic, wooden tables surrounded by simple wooden chairs or benches.

Overall, the furniture is large, welcoming and relaxing. The armchairs, sofas and beds are generously sized and covered with all kinds of cushions and fabrics made from natural fibers such as linen. The most commonly used colors are white, gray, cream, sand and gray blue.

For storage, choose simple cabinets with lots of open, exposed space, zest or poly storage. Recycled or refurbished items are popular. Old doors or shutters can be used as decorative elements.

The farmhouse-style decorated kitchens have white cabinets and large cast-iron sinks. Here, too, are polishes on which spices sit in jars and jars, cutlery is set in recycled mugs, there are dish towels, aprons hanging in plain sight and bunches of lavender.

The walls are clad in white-painted wood paneling and the wooden beams.

A house decorated in this style will have wooden terracewith a rocking chair and flowers in atypical pots - barrels, garni, old saucepans.

Farmhouse style is simple and sensible, more sober than shabby chic but more delicate than country style. If you want it, you don't have to wait to buy a house to have it. You can use specific elements to transform your apartment.

Colors, fabrics, cushions, cushions, bouquets of flowers, especially lavender, reused or recycled objects (large, slightly chipped mugs turned into vases), baskets used to store everything from bathroom towels and kitchen napkins to front door keys - they can transform a mundane apartment into a farmhouse-style place you'll love to call home.